Chapter 59 Is there something wrong with the carriage?

It's autumn now, and the weather is getting cooler day by day.

Nanny Pang got up early just to ask how to get back to Mapo. Fortunately, there was a servant in the gatehouse who had been to that place and described it in detail.

"Madam, that place isn't famous. Why did you suddenly want to go there?"

Yuan Wanru would not tell her that this was the place Lu Jiangnian mentioned last night.

"I've heard people mention that there's a patch of chrysanthemums there that are in full bloom. When autumn comes, it'll be a great place to enjoy the chrysanthemums."

She turned her head and asked Liuzhi who was packing her dressing box, "How about it, are the second and third girls willing to go with us?"

Lu Yun is the daughter of the eldest wife, so it is easy to invite her.

Zhou Fang is not a generous stepmother. If it were usual, she would definitely not invite Lu Miao to join them, so as to avoid Zhou Fang causing trouble for Lu Miao.

However, Zhou Fang is probably eager for her to go out and will definitely not make things difficult for Lu Miao.

"We've asked everything. The second young lady consulted the eldest lady, and she agreed immediately."

"On the Third Miss' side, the Second Madam also agreed."

Yuan Wanru smiled, looked at Liuzhi and said knowingly: "That's exactly what I want. Go get the carriage and we'll go out now."

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Lu Jiangnian had a day off that day, and he originally planned to take Yuan Wanru back to Mapo, but unfortunately she did not appreciate it.

He went out early this morning and made an appointment with Sun Huanzhi to have tea together.

Sun Huanzhi was wearing a white brocade robe with pine and crane patterns, looking very elegant, with a smile on his face: "You are becoming more and more treacherous. The things that happened to the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince recently were all caused by you, right?"

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be admitted.

Lu Jiangnian pretended not to know, raised an eyebrow and asked him: "The Fifth Prince is about to get married, everyone knows it, what happened to the Third Prince? Why didn't I hear about it?"

Sun Huanzhi glared at him, picked up a persimmon on the table and threw it at him: "Pretend to me!"

Naturally, Lu Jiangnian ignored this kind of attack. Without even looking at it, he reached out and caught the thing that Sun Huanzhi threw at him.

He played with the bright yellow persimmon, looked up at Sun Huanzhi, and said sincerely, "Thank you for the North Camp matter."

Sun Huanzhi waved his hand, not caring about his attitude of not saying anything just now. Many things can be understood by just knowing them in one's heart.

"It's nothing. They have been holding their breath for five years. They are brave enough to hold it in any longer. The timing you picked is pretty good."

Lu Jiangnian sneered, "Five years ago, when Jiang Qiong first arrived at the North Camp, he used General Huang and his son as a target, but there were very few people who stood up to speak for him."

"In the final analysis, it's just that the knife didn't fall on me, so I didn't feel the pain."

When talking about this matter, Sun Huanzhi's face was also gloomy.

General Huang was his grandfather's confidant. He was upright, resolute and unyielding, and was a fierce general.

Lu Jiangnian once served as a lieutenant general under General Huang, and they had a comrade-in-arms relationship.

At that time, Sun Huanzhi's grandfather, Duke Xin, was seriously ill, and General Huang was in charge of the overall situation in the North Camp.

After a while, the emperor ordered Jiang Qiong to take office. Jiang Qiong was quite afraid of General Huang, so he secretly used means to accuse him of failing to train his troops, failing to manage his subordinates, and allowing his subordinates to harass the surrounding people.

At that time, the old Duke Xin was seriously ill and the Sun family could not take care of anything else, and Lu Jiangnian was far away in the frontier and could not help.

Fortunately, the prince managed to keep General Huang's official position, but he was transferred from the North Camp to a border town.

Sun Huanzhi sighed: "It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, but sometimes I feel chilled when I think about it."

Everyone knows who is behind Jiang Qiong. Perhaps one day, everything will change dramatically and Jiang Qiong will rise to the top overnight. Of course, he should not be offended easily.

"However, my grandfather didn't stay in the North Camp for nothing. Apart from those villains who curry favor with the powerful, there are still some people who are unwilling to go along with the corrupt."

Lu Jiangnian said sharply: "But they don't have enough courage to fight against Jiang Qiong."

"If they had been able to unite with General Huang back then, taking advantage of Jiang Qiong's unstable foundation, they might have been able to force Jiang Qiong to leave with a united front."

No matter how powerful Jiang Qiong's background is, the emperor is not a tyrant. As long as the pit dug is big enough, the emperor cannot ignore his reputation and insists on keeping Jiang Qiong in the North Camp.

"So, these five years of suffering are what they deserve."

Sun Huanzhi was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "You really have a clear account in your mind."

"If Murong Jun hadn't caused you any trouble this time, would you not have planned to intervene in the affairs of the North Camp?"

Lu Jiangnian smiled faintly, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "We still have to manage it. The North Camp can't always be controlled by Jiang Qiong."

"If Murong Jun hadn't provoked me, I had planned to move Jiang Qiong next year and let those cowards in the North Camp have another taste of being suppressed and excluded."

Sun Huanzhi grinned: "I have said before that you are a petty person and I cannot offend you easily."

He took a piece of cake and was about to put it in his mouth when he glanced out the window and saw a familiar carriage on the street.

"That car should be yours, right?"

Lu Jiangnian stuck his head out and saw Nanny Pang sitting on the shaft of the carriage. There were seven or eight guards following in front and behind the carriage.

With Nanny Pang here, there is no need to guess who is sitting in the carriage.

Thinking of her cold words last night, he retracted his gaze, put the carriage behind him, and asked Sun Huanzhi: "You have been back to Beijing to report on your work for more than half a year. What are your plans?"

Sun Huanzhi was also a military general and had been stationed in the East China Sea area.

This time, he returned to Beijing to report on his work, but stayed in Beijing for a long time, which was really strange.

Speaking of this, Sun Huanzhi felt a bit of a headache.

"I don't know if it's because my grandfather is too old, but he's been nagging me and urging me to get married every day. He told the Queen Mother that I can't leave the capital until I get married."

"Tell me, what kind of thing is this? Can you just pick someone up on the street and get married?"

The old Duke Xin was the elder brother of Empress Dowager Sun, and the Emperor could not easily ignore what he said, so Sun Huanzhi was stranded in the capital.

Lu Jiangnian advised him: "You are one year older than me. At this age, it's time to get married."

Sun Huanzhi sneered: "You can't just get married because you're old enough, like my parents, who couldn't live together their whole lives. That's too painful."

"But you, you suddenly got a fiancée out of nowhere, and you got married right after you got a fiancée. I can't believe it."

He doesn't hate women, he just can't find the right one.

However, Lu Jiangnian really didn't like women, especially after Murong Ling started pestering him, he would keep his distance from young women whenever he saw them.

Who would have known that getting married would be as easy as going to the street to buy a small toy, without even having to think about it, it was done.

Speaking of this, Lu Jiangnian's eyes darkened, and he suddenly shouted, "Xuanying, follow the carriage from the mansion."

Xuanying naturally also saw that the carriage that just passed by had Madam Pang sitting in it.

The person inside is, of course, the Crown Prince’s wife.

"I obey your orders."

He jumped down and quickly disappeared from Lu Jiangnian's sight.

Sun Huanzhi looked at him suspiciously: "What's wrong with that carriage?"